. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/176 
29 May 2006 
 (06-2550) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures  Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BRAZIL  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária , SDA (Secretariat of Agricultural 
Protection) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Seeds 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   
 Trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Instrução Normativa  
(Normative Instruction) No. 18 of 13 April 2006, published in the O fficial Journal of 
19 April 2006, pages 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15.  Available in Portuguese only at:   
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=16812  
6. Description of content:   The notified text approves the model and instructions (attached as 
annexes) for completing the Boletim Oficial de Análise de Sementes (Official seed analysis 
form) and the Boletim de Análise de Sementes (Seed analysis form).   Official seed analysis 
laboratories and other seed analysis laboratories accredited by the Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) are required to adopt these models.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X] plant protection,     
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests  
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE),  [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption:   18 April 2006 G/SPS/N/BRA/176 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:   18 April 2006 
12. Final date for comments:   Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [  ] National enquiry point or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Secretaria de Relações Internacionais do Agronegócio - SRI 
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento - MAPA 
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 70043-900 - Brasília - DF - BRAZIL Tel.: +(5561) 3218-2308 / 3218-2834 Fax: +(5561) 3225-4738 E-mail: cgomc@agricultura.gov.br
 
Web site: www.agricultura.gov.br  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Secretaria de Relações Internacionais do Agronegócio - SRI 
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento - MAPA Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 
70043-900 - Brasília - DF - BRAZIL 
Tel.: +(5561) 3218-2308 / 3218-2834 Fax: +(5561) 3225-4738 E-mail: cgomc@agricultura.gov.br
 
Web site: www.agricultura.gov.br